Dead-Lee and crazy dream

We all know that one day it is "going" to every one of us. Death is the only certainty in this life.
And all that blah-blah-blah….

I spare you from the rest of routine things we heard enough number of times.

Somehow, I felt that it is a bit rare to find a person talking about a dream where he /she finds himself ‘dead’! That makes it a bit interesting and worth looking at.

It would be nice if you happen to find time to ‘think’ of ‘trying’ to prepare for a journey that is of a relatively longer distance. Usually, the longer the distance we travel, more the ‘preparation’ that we undertake.
Regards,
Psn(28th June, 2010)

The question:
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I had a dream about being dead... what would this mean?
recently, i had a dream that i was dead. i do not know how i died but i was dead. i came back onto earth and could see everyone and everything going on. it was as if i was there but no one could hear me, see me, ect. the whole dream i spent trying to get people to acknowledge me and it didnt work which frusterated me. at one point i wanted to attempt suicide but suddenly realized i was already dead. at the end of the dream i found a way to connect to people on earth and this was through a phone call. at last i was about to make a phone call to my dad but that is when the dream ended. crazy dream...does anyone know what this dream means or signifies?

My answer:

Well, there could be two possibilities.



One is the popular and common one. That it was just a dream. A concoction of all the ideas that we have in our memory, spilled out during a relaxed-sleep-state where 'undigested' thoughts get processed by the mind without a 'driver' in his seat to hold the steering. We just remember the scary or very pleasant moments of such dreams where emotions are felt deeper than the unbridled logic. Most psychologists would agree on this theory, but with better concepts and technical words, due to their deeper grasp of the "science".



The second one is a very rare possibility, and yet very much a close possibility. Too many things could have coincided 'favorably'!! Even grasping this possibility (its concept) is quite difficult, leave alone trying to accept it. It is the choice of words and narration (its innocence, in particular) that prompts/persuades a mention of this possibility. It is a case of 'sleep' in a bit deeper state of awareness, where the mind is withdrawn for a while, the sense organs withdrawn(as usual in deep sleep states), and yet the 'being' is quite alert and aware to 'watch' ("witness" is the word that comes closer to better description of 'watching' here) the self. There are meditative practices to reach this 'wakeful-sleep' states. The idea is not just to master yet another super-human capability to brag around. It is a great need for spiritual evolvement. It helps a person to retain awareness of one's own 'original' or rather 'natural' state (stripped of all attributes that we get stuck to with the materialistic possessions including body and body-oriented-traits). The narrative also seems to indicate that 'chance' occurrence of 'unique-self-awareness'(not just the normal "I" memory post dream), during the dream state. That is why there is that feeling of the dream being 'crazy'! Mystic looking things also seem 'crazy'. There is nothing much to do about it or to worry about it, unless the experience has impacted deep enough to nurture a 'thirst' into spirituality!. (Though the 'source' of this answer should not make any sense or significance to the reader, it is the experience of having gone through such meditative practices several times! Something utterly an eastern cultural heritage--Indian spiritual Tradition!).



Thanks for sharing this 'crazy-looking' experience. Best wishes.